11170. Hutchinson, John and Ted Whittaker. Beach Wagons in Chatham. Chatham. 2005
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11170. Hutchinson, John and Ted Whittaker. Beach Wagons in Chatham. Chatham. 2005
- Hutchinson, John and Ted Whittaker. Beach Wagons in Chatham. Chatham. 2005. 16p. Soft wraps, spiral bound. Self published. To generations, cars have spelled freedom. In Chatham, a few decades ago, if you owned a “woodie” or beach wagon, you could spend magical hours or days on remote beaches fishing and camping. A woodie is an early station wagon in which the rear portion of the car’s bodywork is made of wood. Production of the cars ended in the late 1950s, at which point many fell into disrepair or were junked. We’ve had a wonderful gift to spend a youth and adulthood on Chatham’s beaches,” says John Hutchinson, co-author and illustrator, with Ted Whittaker, of “Beach Wagons. ”Whittaker and Hutchinson, both third generation Chatham summer residents, met here in 1946 as boys and now, as adults, are linked by their shared memories and their love of beach wagons. It was a time when access to the beaches were uncontrolled, and nobody worried about closures because of nesting shorebirds. The book, illustrated with Hutchinson’s paintings of beach wagons and with photographs from the family collections of both men, will be sure to spark nostalgia in those old enough to recall the days of the wagons, affectionately called woodies, and also spark interest in those too young to recall them. In 1958 Whittaker made his last beach wagon trip to Monomoy. Many factors ended the era of beach wagons and the freedom they represented. The men’s charming 16-page book will bring it all back for a moment. Limited edition, only a few left. (M). $34.95.